Manchester United reportedly stand to save as much as $24 million (£18 million) in wages once Casemiro leaves the club in the summer—although the true cost of his exit in terms of on-pitch performance could prove to be even steeper.
Casemiro signed for United from Real Madrid in 2022 as one of the best defensive midfielders of his generation. The Brazil international likes to tell the story of how he was convinced by the club’s 4–0 evisceration at Brentford that this was the right setting for him to come in and turn things around, but a healthy pay packet certainly didn’t hurt negotiations.
